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Recent Reviews

This place is difficult to find as it is a dirt track road from Benque Viejo and takes 40 minutes of driving through the jungle to reach the BIB Eco village. Although there was a problem with the lodge we booked which meant we couldn't stay there, Anastasia was fantastic and set up the lodge next to hers for our family to stay in.
These lodges are set properly in the jungle, the noise from the howler monkeys as they pass by is almost deafening and watching the fire flies at night is spectacular.
A 20 minute walk takes you down to the Macal River and there we crossed over using tubes. We then followed a path that brought us out to a beautiful lagoon with an 80ft waterfall and the best part was that we had it to ourselves!
I would recommend stopping at Cayo and picking up provisions from the market (the fruit and veg are very cheap and freshly picked) and items such as water, milk, bread, butter, etc from one of the supermarkets because once you get to the Eco village there is nothing and its a long bumpy ride back to Benque or Caya.
The lodges at the village are lovely, however they are not air-conditioned and by 4pm it is red hot! I would recommend to the owners to invest in ceiling fans and standard fans to help with the air circulation as it does get too hot. By 2am however the temperatures do drop quite dramatically so there is light at the end of the tunnel.
The community of the village are warm and welcoming and we were given local fruit, veg and eggs by the local farmer as a gift. In fact every week the village come together as a cooperative and share the produce currently in season without any money exchanging hands, it really is admirable how they live off the land as much as possible.
I would also recommend the cave tubing and zip lining tour, which can be done together, the caves are really amazing and at present you are able to climb up the ancient stalagmites and jump into the cool water, it's quite an experience!
Finally, be aware of your surroundings in the jungle. We were about to go to bed when my husband spotted a large black scorpion on the ceiling. We got it out but it made us realise how very far into the jungle we were.
If you want memories to last a lifetime, then spending a few nights at this village is for you.